priest

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
2. A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
3. The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.

Verb

To ordain as a priest.

Συνώνυμα

clergyman

minister

monk

pastor

father

👨‍👦

preacher

abbot

cleric

reverend

missionary

parson

presbyter

divine

preceptor

chaplain

hermit

ascetic

vicar

padre

entering the priesthood

diviner

abbé

non-Christian priest

pope

teacher

🧑‍🏫

sacrificer

rector

Buddhist priest

spiritual guide

churchman

witch

wizard

dominus

godparent

holy man

minister of religion

spiritual father

virtuous priest

Catholic priest

Buddhist monk

Protestant priest

Talmudist

jack-priest

priestling

sky pilot

buddhist priest

venerable monk

Hebrew theologian

dominee

minister of church

fetisheer

fetisheeress

fetisher

skypilot

glebe-house

a

a

practitioner of traditional religion

abbe

bonze

bride

cure

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

doctrine

elder

exorcist

flamen

friar

imam

incumbent

intellectual

marabou

pontiff

prayer

priestess

rabbi

religious leader

sadhu

sage

saint

shaman

sir

soothsayer

sorcerer

theologian

tongs

wise man

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈpɹiːst/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: prest

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: preost

In summary

From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester.